Sun, Chamber to recognize significant contributors

The Jackson Sun and The Jackson Chamber are looking for a few good men – and women in West Tennessee.

The organizations want to recognize 40 people under the age of 40, who are making significant contributions to their industries or their company, or they are active in their community.

The rules are simple – the candidate must be 39 or under as of Dec. 31; must live or work in West Tennessee outside of Shelby County; must serve as a role model to others in their profession or community and displays creativity and innovation while contributing these talents to the growth of their profession or community.

A surprise guest performs Sept. 5; the Jackson Swing Orchestra hits the stage, Sept. 20; and Paula Bridges, Chuck McGill & The Bandstand Group close out the season Oct. 4.

Luxury Auto expands service

Luxury Auto Service of Jackson – 233 State St. - has been specializing in the service and repair of European and other foreign vehicles since their opening in 2008. The company centers it service on providing complete car care, creating a one-stop location for all your vehicle’s needs.

Across the U.S. 45 Bypass from Central Distributors, Luxury Auto Service has announced that they are expanding their service offering to include all domestic brands of autos in addition to foreign vehicles.

“It doesn’t make sense to service your Mercedes and tell you to take your Chevy somewhere else,” Christian Byler said. “In keeping with our promise – “Luxury doesn’t just describe your car; it’s how we serve you, it was important to our customers that we meet all of their car care needs, not just their European vehicles.”

Byler co-owns Luxury Auto Service with shop foreman Rex McMahan, the lead technician who has 30 years of experience as a foreign car specialist.

Luxury Auto Service is West Tennessee’s only authorized Bosch Car Service and Warranty Center with a three year/36,000 mile warranty nationwide.

What percent of small business companies are still in business 10 years after they started? A) 2 B) 12) C) 25 D) 34 E) 48. (answer can be found at the end of the column)

RIFA sale

The Regional Inter-Faith Association, at 133 Airways Blvd., offers a daily savings calendar at the Thrift Store, which is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Items featured today are infant and children’s clothing and shoes for 99 cents.

Friday: 20 percent off home goods and 15 percent off furniture (includes mattresses).

Saturday: 50 percent off clothing.

Tuesday: Senior discount day with 25 percent off all items (excluding food and furniture).

Wednesday: Buy one get one free (clothing only).

A $10 bag sale is held the third Saturday of each month.

Save-A-Lot in Lexington renovates

Renovation is complete at Save-A-Lot supermarket, 421 S. Broad St., in Lexington, which provides an improved shopping experience for Henderson County residents.

Shannon McPherson, who has owned the store since 2008, said changes include enhanced lighting and graphics, new fixtures for easier shopping, and a change in signing that makes it easier to see prices.

Besides the grocery section, shoppers will see noticeable changes in the produce and bakery areas in the store, which is open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

“Our goal was to improve the ease of shopping at our local store and at the same time strengthen some of our core areas such as the produce, meat and canned grocery areas where we are the best in Lexington,” Shannon said.

Auction

Zoned commercial property at the intersection of Bond St. and South Highland Ave. will be auctioned at 10:30 a.m., today.

Absolute Auction is offering the 9.66 acres and 5,000 square foot versatile building, and the owners are offering financing with 25 percent down.

No minimums or reserves.

The property joins a railroad siding and the new owner, if desired, can arrange at his expense to have rail service available to the site.

Crye-Leike Auctions and Lanny Foy Auctioneer is conducting the auction.

The property is represented locally by Reggie Smith, Town & Country Inc., Realtors, 668-7000.

Jackson-Madison County General Hospital has been recognized as a top-ranked Community Value provider by Cleverley + Associates in Columbus, Ohio.

Cleverly + Associates is a leading healthcare financial consulting firm specializing in operational benchmarking and performance enhancement strategies. Cleverley included the report in its new publication, State of the Hospital Industry-2014 Edition.

For the 11th year, the 2014 State of the Hospital Industry reports an exclusive measure developed by Cleverley + Associates: the Community Value Index (CVI) The CVI is a proprietary index created to offer a measure of the value that a hospital provides to its community. The book outlines the data used to calculate the CVI as well as provides a list of the Top 100 and all Five-Star (top quintile) hospitals.

This Index was created to provide an assessment of a hospital’s performance in four areas: financial strength and reinvestment cost of care, pricing and quality.

The CVI suggests that a hospital provides value to the community when it is financially viable, is appropriately reinvesting back into the facility, maintains a low cost structure, has reasonable charges and provides high quality care to patients.